Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-02-19


blows over the precipicas in such quantl-
ties that even in the month of June, | have
seen trees 80 feet high completely buried
in the drifts out of sight.
Returning to Badly creek, an ascent OF
Big Badly can be made with ease-lf a
person is a mountaineer and long winded,
by going up Badly creek. On first strik-
ing the rayine, the dampnessis immediate
" felt, as also the rankness of the yegeta-
ton noticed. making it a desirable field
for botanists as we'll as biologists. Arrived
at the forks Of the stream, the journey Will
be found tough; rocks and plenty Of them,
your own road to pick, a steep mountain
to climb, and a long distance to go, but
arrived at the summit, the scenery on a
fine day amply repays the trouble. A
great difference in the atmosphere Is how
ever felt, after the natural heat obtained
bv climbing is cooled of, shortness Of
breath, and sensation of cold is felt by
reason of the altitude, and you are at no
time secure from a snow storm. A fine
day being secured the map Of the whole
country seems to be spread in front OF
you To the west you see the main range
of the Little Belt, and beyond them the
Great Belt, and still beyond them the
Rockies treuding to the northwest. On
the northwest is seen the peaks oil the
Bird Tail range, and Square Butte with
the breaks Of the Sand Coulee coun
try between US and them. Toward the
moth the Highwood range, the two peaks,
Highwood 1904 feet ard Shonkin peak
1926 feet, towering aboHe their n~elgnoors.
To the right of these mountains Is seen
SQUARE Butte on Arrow creek, $3.50 feet,
with its twin butte standing isolated and
alone, making a well known landmark for
tina. section of the country. The peaks OF
the Bearpaw are seen rearing their crests
in the distance beyond, while in the fore
ground the Wolf and Arrow creek coun-
trv is seen with minute ~distinctness. To
to the northeast the Cypress hills are
family seen. with the Little Rockies slight
~ to the right in front looking blue IN the
distance, the Moccasin peak, 5,54' feet,
being a prominent object in the tore
ground. The numerous peaks OF the Jul
dith mountains are seen to their right,
while almost due east the Big Snowles,
$500 feet. rise in their massive grandeur,
forminga gigantic boundary between the
Judith Basin and the Musselshell. Slight
ly east Of south the snow clad triangular
peaks of the Crazy mountains, the princl-
pal peak of which is 11,17S feet above
sea level, are distinctly seen at a distance
Of abeut 63 miles, while southwesterly
Mount Edith of the Great Belt is plainly
visible. Enough has been said, however,
Of the prominent objects presented to
view; the scene presented is u~nequalied
in that section of the country, and amply
repays the trouble of ascendingthe noun
tain.
To the naturalist this section is enticlng,
the botanist can study the arctic flora
present in this latitude only at high alti-
tudes, the mineralogist can visit the mines
which are located on every stream which
issues from the Badly range. and the
palaontologist can study the fossils which
abound in the limestone everywhere. 10
the hunter many a sequestrated spot can
be reached where elk, deer, and even
nobIer game will be found, while the ang-
Ter. in all the streams north, south III
west of the Baldies, will find an abundance
of those speckled beauties which he takes
so much pride in capturing.
It might also be stated that the slopes
of Yogo, and Big, Baldies, with the high
divide between them form the sources of
many OF the streams of this section, viz,
sheep creek, Belt river, Dry Fork of Belt,
Dry Wolf creek AMI the north and midi lie
forks of the Judith River.
These two Baldies also form a group to